This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1841 edition. Excerpt: ... So musk and love, however seal'd, Sooner or later are reveal'd, Giants have never chain'd the wind Or strove the sportive boy to bind; He will break loose all-pow'rful love, Deride their pains, and mount above The od'rous scent, and youth restrain, They breathe their souls and snap the reign I am the musk, and Osmond love, We both are pow'rless you can tell; How can I speak? he dare not move, Or burst this tiresome silken shell. Yet, as the story tells, I'll try To break this fatal bridal ring; And with my faithful lover fly Swifter than cuts the eagle's wing. But I must woo thee, gentle nurse, Before arrives that Indian steed That brings with it my fatal curse, Hindostan's king to wed a Mede, To seek around the Sophi's Court, And find my love when all alone, To whisper, not to leave the fort When first the herald trumpet's blown. But if he quit this busy scene, Elcaya is for ever lost; He must keep up his usual mien, Or her propitious star is crost. And now I'll tell thee how I knew Osmond, the very soul of truth; When first we met I felt, too true, Existence hung upon the youth. Nurse, fancy's like the cocoa tree, Although its stem be fixt to earth, Still a deep passion for the sea Will lean to where it first claimed birth. Shining in one eternal flame, Our hearts, two threads of vivid light, The older, Zella, we became, Entwin'd themselves in one as bright. Mythra had spread his crimson cloak Over the sky, to hide those rays Cocoas are invariably found near the Indian sea coast; it is a Persian simile of affection, as dear as the cocoa and sea to each other. That from his splendid fi'ry yoke Had made our azure heav'n one blaze. Fast was he sinking to his rest Within the river's cooling verge; When by the scorching heat opprest, I long'd to...